Cigarette-machine.



G. A. SIMON.

CIGARETTE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAYl. 1914.

Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

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GEORGE A. SMON, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CIGARETTEMACHINE.

To aZZ whom t may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE A. SIMON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cigarette-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

rThis invention relates to improvements in cigarette making machines, the object being,T to provide a simple, inexpensive and durable machine adapted to feed tobacco in a continuous cylindrical form to instrumem talities which roll paper about said cylindrical form, paste said paper in place thereon and cutthe finished tube into the desired lengths.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved -means for pasting to- Aifetber the overlapl'iinfr edges of the paper tube constitutingr the covering for said cigarette.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangen'lent of parts whereby the above objects and certain other objects hereinafter appearing may bc attained, as set forth in the followingr specification and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the dra\\ings: Figure 1 is a plan view of a machine embodying my invention. Fie. i2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the machine illustrated in Fie'.

, l. Ififr. 3 is a transverse section through the pasting` inslrlunentalitlcs taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. +L is a detail view of the means for cutting' the filled paper tube into the desired length.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings. 5 represents a base preferably upon which the several instrumen talities comprising the machine are mounted. A tobacco receptacle t5, preferably funnel shaped, is mounted upon supports 7 above the base 5, said receptacle terminating; in a depending cylindrical discharge tube 8 at the smaller end thereof. A chute 9, preferably cylindrical in shape, is secured to the discharge end of the tube 8, said chute beinlgr of substantially larger diameter than said discharge tube and bent to form an elbow adapted to conduct tobacco from a vertical to substantially a horizontal direction. ll `he forward end of said chute projects into a former 10 which is constructed to receive a continuons strip of paper and curl said paper into a cylindrical tube.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 1, 1914.

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Patented Nov. 17, 19111.

Serial No. 835,640.

Means are provided for feeding a continuous cylindrical rod of tobacco from the receptacle ti to the paper tube which is being,r formed b v the former 10, said means prefer? ably consistingof a rotatable helical member 11 arranged longitudinally of the discharge tube 8, the upper end of said member being journaled to rotate in a bearimgr l2 formed in a support 123 at the upper end of the receptacle t3. A bevel gear 14 is secured to the upper end ofthe member l1 which gear is adapted to mesh with a bevel gear 15 fast to a driving shaft lt, said shaft being preferably operated by hand by means of a crank '17.

The helical member 11, which, in other words, is a screw, is adapted to feed the tobacco represented at 18 through the discharac tube S and the chute t) to the former 10 in a cylindrical form as indicated at 18, said chute 9, as hereinbefore stated, being slightly larger 'in diameter than the tube 8,

.thereby pern'iitting the rod of tobacco to pass therethrough with littlt` or no resistance. .is said tobacco is laid in said former, a strip of paper 1t) is simultaneously fed into said former from a roll 2() mounted upon a shaft 21, by means of a pair of feed rclls Q2 positioned adjacent to said former. said rolls having' their peripheries grooved to conform to the .shape of the completed tube of paper. The rolls are secured to shafts 22S arranged substantially parallel to each other and extending transversely of the tube, said shafts also having spur gears 21 fast thereto which mesh one with the other and -ause said rolls to be sinn'dtaneously rotated. One of the shafts 23, preferably is rotated through a pair of and these gears arev in turn operated by a shaft .26 extending longitudinally of the machine and in turn operatively connected throueh gears 27, shaft 9.8 and gears 2!) to the driving,V shaft 1G.

The paper former 10 is so constructed that it will receive the paper 19 at the end 30 substantially flat in cross-section and roll said paper into a cylindrical form, as shown at 15) in Fig. 3 with the edges of the paper be vel (fears l? overlapping each other prefe 1ably at the top. As the tube of paper together with the rod of tobacco 18 leaves the former 10, means have preferably been provided for pasting the overlapping edges of' said tube together, said means preferably consisting of a disk 31 secured to a shaft 32 rotatably mounted in suitable supports 33, said shaft being preferably rotated by a pulley 34 fastthereto and connected by a belt 35 to a pulley 3G fast to a shaft 37, said shaft 37 beingr operatively connected to the shaft 26 preferably by a belt 38 engaging pulleys 39 and 40 on saidoshafts SZand 26 respectively.

The disk 3l is arranged to project through an opening or slot,4l in the bottom of a paste receptacle 42 and between the overlapping edges of said tube 19 and collectsa small amount of paste from said paste receptacle, which, during its contact with the overlapping; edges of the tube 19', it applies thereto. rl`he tube 19 at this time is supported in a trough 43 Within which is mounted a roller 44 and as said tube is fed longitudinally' of said trough, said roller is adapted to engage the uppermost of said overlappingn edges to press said edges together and thus cause the same to adhere one to the other.

A. second set of rolls 45, similar to the rolls 2Q, is provided at `a substantial distance from said rollers 22 and adapted to engage the tube 1Q at the sides rather than at the top and bottom as *do` the rolls 22; thus it will be seen thatl said tube is ventirely surrounded by rolls. The rolls 45 are preferably operatively connected together by spur gears 4G to which a rotary motion is iinparted by' the shaft Si', hereinbefore re- 'ferred to, and on which one of said rolls is preferably mounted. rlhe trough 43 continues to guide the tobacco lled tube of paper for a distance beyond said rolls 45 to a cutter 47 secured to a shaft 4S, said shaft being' operatively connected by a belt 49 and pulleys 50 and 5l to the shaft 2G, said pulleys being of suitable proportions to operate said cutter to cut the tube 19 into the desired lengths as it is advanced to the cutter 47.

rl`he general operation of the machine hereinbefore specifically described is as follows: The tobacco is placed in the receptacle li and a roll of paper 20 mounted upon the shaft 2l and the end thereof lead into the former l0 wherein it is shaped to form a cylinder and started between the rolls 22. 'lhc drivingl shaft 16 is then rotated and the several instrumentalities hereinbefore described set into operation lo respectively feed the tobacco 18 in the form of a rod to the former l0 where the paper is coiled thereabout and pasted by the disk 3l, rolled down by the roller 44 and rolls 22 and assisted by Ibo rollers 45 which move said tube along the trough i3 to the cutting instrumentalities where predetermined lengths of said tube are cut oil'.

From the foregoing description it'will be seen that simple and e'llicicnt means are provided for accomplishing the objects of the invention, but while the elements herein shown and described are well adapted to perform the functions set forth, it is obvious that various minor changesmay be made in the proportions, shape and arrangement of the several parts, Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention What l claim and desire by Letters Patent to secure is:

l. ln a cigarette machine instrumentalities for forming a cylindrical tube of sheet material with the edges of said sheet material overlapping, 'an adhesive receptacle provided with a slot adjacent the Abottom thereof, a disk adapted to protrude through said slot into Contact with the adhesive in said receptacle, said disk also adapted to project between the overlapping,` edges of said cylindrical tube, and means to rotate said disk to transfer a portion of the adhesive in said receptacle to the overlapping edges of said tu e.

2. cigarette machine having, in c'ombination, a receptacle adapted to contain tobacco, a cylindrical discharge tube for said receptacle, a screu7 arranged longitudinally of said discharge tube, adapted to feed tobacco from said receptacle through said discharge tube, means to feed a continuous strip of paper transversely of said discharge tube, a curved cylindrical chute attached to said discharge tube and substantially larger in diameter than said tube adapted to c0n duct tobacco from said discharge tube to said strip of paper, means to roll said strip of paper about said tobacco` means to paste the edges of said paper together, and means adapted to cut ed' a portion of the tobacco filled paper.

3. ln a cigarette making machine a receptacle adapted to contain tobacco, a depending discharge tube therefor, means to feed a continuous strip of paper trans versely of said discharge tube, a curved cylindrical chute substantially larger in diameter than said discharge tube and atf tached to the discharge end of said tube adapted to direct the tobacco discharged from said tube in a direction substantially parallel with the line of movement of said paper, and means adapted to form said paper into a cylinder with said tobacco therein.

ln testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand in presence of two sul'iscribinpr wit-` nesses.

GERGE A. SlMON, lVitnesses:

@Hannes S. (loonme, SYDNEY E. Tam' 

